CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 93, 15 May 1909, Page 5

CRICKET.

THE AUSTRALIAN'S' TOl'H. [ .MATCH AGAINST ESSEX. London, May 1.1. Australia i* plnying Kssi-x at Lcyion. The weather was cold anil windy, and tlii' >,vii-ket fast. Tlii- attendance was only moderate. .O'Connor. Gregory, Uver, Carkeok and AlcAlister were omitted from tin- Australian team. Australia batted iirsl and made 489 riiiK for the lost of live wickets. Following are the seores:—

AISTRALIA.-Fiist Innings.

Hartigan, c Freeman, b Buckenham -1 Bardsley, mil out 210 Noble, 1) Buckenham 0 Ransford, c Young, b Buckenham .. 174 Truniper, c Fane, b Reeves .. .. 74 Armstrong, not out 17 Hopkins, b .Mead 13 Macartney, not out 0 The Australians opened badly. Willi the score at lour, and in the fourth ball of the match, Hartignu was taken at the wicket. Noble failed to score. When playing tamely forward in the second over his leg stump was knocked out. Two xvickets_xvere down for eight rums. Ransford joined Bardsley, and the pair made a splendid stand'before being separated. Thy raised the score to 303. Bardsley played a masterly, stylish, all-round game, being especially strong ou the leg side. Ransford was responsible for some nice flue cutting and leg hitting. Neither of them lifted the ball at all. Bardsley totted up 52 in an hour, the centurv appearing in 07 minutes. Bardsley's 150 was made in 175 minutes, and 200 in 230 minutes'. lie gave a chance to be run out when his score was 70, and. a chance at the wickets at 104. Itansfoid's 50 was posted up in 70 minutes, and his century in 130 minutes. He played admirable aggressive cricket, without a. sniffle chance. Truniper was brilliant in driving and leghitting. The batsmen were assisted bv faulty ground fielding. Received 14, 5 p.m. London, May 14. After luncheon, the weather became brighter and the attendance increased to 7000. Hansford's innings lasted 105 minutes. He hit seven tourers, and when lie lost Jiis wicket he had caught Bardslcv, both stores standing at 174. Bardsley was 165 minutes at the wickets. His score included 22 fourers. He gave a glorious display of superb timing throughout. In attempting a run for Trumpcr, who sent him back, Bardsley slipped down in the middle of the pitch and was easily out-run'. Truinper played for 69 minutes, and hit nine fourers. The fourth wicket fell at 483, the fifth | at 489, and the sixth at 510.